Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 24 13:20:24 EDT 2000 | Murad Kurwa
One of our divisions is having this problem: - De-wetting on the smt pads and componenent termination on the bottom side after top side procssed through reflow. Board finish is immersion silver. ? Any recommendation on what we should check & verify
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 25 11:19:00 EDT 2015 | cyber_wolf
Adam, We have very recently experienced poor wetting on immersion silver as well. I would be very interested to talk to you offline, however I do not see the option to private message forum members.
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 22 09:45:26 EDT 2006 | bradlanger
Greg, All the above. It looked like it was going to be a drop for SNPB HASL at first but after a few thousand boards we started running into all the problems you are describing. We first started seeing non wetting on SMT pads. The solder would wet t
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 12 22:02:47 EST 2014 | rober864
Has anyone ever encountered contaminants from the immersion silver process, whether it be from the board house or not...as it relates to conformal coating. The failure mode is severe de-wetting of acrylic conformal coating. All over solver resist, to
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 29 19:47:44 EDT 2021 | emeto
"For the lead free soldering of electronic assemblies, the inclusion of silver in the alloy results in better wetting compared to non-silver containing alloys and also allows for a broader process window. Silver also improves joint reliab
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 01 14:21:24 EST 2000 | Dennis VanBuren
We are considering the use of Immersion Silver for a PCB surface finish. We currently use Immersion Gold surface finish, which has served us well. However, recent discussions on the cracking of corner joints on large pin count BGA packages, with the
Electronics Forum | Fri May 11 10:30:26 EDT 2001 | rkevin
I am looking for info. (pro and con) and/or 1st hand knowledge processing PCB's with Immersion Tin finish through SMT and Wave. Do profiles need to be different? Solderpaste considerations? Anything else? In the past I have experienced selective non
Electronics Forum | Mon May 14 09:24:36 EDT 2001 | rkevin
Can anyone shed some light on this for me ? Subject: Soldering to Immersion Tin surface finish I am looking for info. (pro and con) and/or 1st hand knowledge processing PCB's with Immersion Tin finish through SMT and Wave. Do profiles need to be di
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 07 20:27:07 EST 2005 | KEN
Oh silver and its...improved solderability over tin / copper. BS if you ask me. Look to your flux and thermal profile for wetting spread. Ask yourself just how much "wetting spread" do you need to fill a barrel? I have the same 100% barrel fill
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 06 20:18:30 EST 2002 | davef
cvrgrrrl Your first thermal cycle with imm silver should be the easiest to solder. That you see copper indicates you did no soldering, got no wetting, produced no intermetallics, etc. Tell us again which components did not solder? Wuzzis "plug" t
